WISCASSET — A Belfast woman was in jail Thursday following her arrest two days earlier in connection with an alleged road rage incident on Route 1 in Wiscasset, the town’s police chief said.

Based on witness accounts, police interviews and a drug test, 26-year-old Elizabeth Brown was charged with driving to endanger and leaving the scene of an accident, Police Chief Troy Cline said Thursday.

During his investigation, Cline also discovered that Brown was on probation. She tested positive for Suboxone, for which she has a prescription, and an amphetamine, for which she does not. She was taken to Two Bridges Regional Jail in Wiscasset.

The confrontation began around 9:45 a.m. Tuesday when 61-year-old Leverett Davis of Freeport saw Brown’s vehicle approaching in his rearview mirror at high speed, Cline said. Davis told police he avoided her by moving to the center line while Brown passed him in the righthand breakdown lane.

When Davis sped up to get her license plate number, Brown slammed on her brakes, the cars collided, and she sped off, police said.

Davis continued to follow, honking his horn to try to get her to stop, he said. Brown braked suddenly in front of the Wiscasset town office, causing the cars to collide again. Brown then gave Davis an obscene gesture and drove off, Cline said.

On Route 1 in Wiscasset, Davis flagged down a deputy from the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office, who stopped Brown in Edgecomb. Sgt. Jason Nein escorted both drivers to the Wiscasset police station.

Cline interviewed both drivers and found a partially full bottle of Bacardi 151 rum in Brown’s car.

“It could have been a deadly situation if she had not been stopped by police,” Cline said.

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bootjack

Book of knowledge for those who want to legalize any more drugs. I will never ever support your cause because of incidents like this one. Those of us who obey the law and live our lives uneventfully should be able to drive the streets without some hopped up idiot causing us problems.
Apparently she is an addict “Being treated”. If she was in jail for violating the law for using drugs in the first place this never would have happened.

Mike J

You hit the nail rite on the head with that being said brother . Amen !

jadane

You’re obviously referring to the open container of booze in the car, right? Definitely time to take that off the street, along with all the addicts who use it every day.

Mike J

jadane its apparent you are not reading any of this newspaper , your comment would be way different if you were the on being smashed into on the road by this individual .

Evelyn McElroy

Mike, I think you are missing Jadane’s point. The point is that alcohol is the most abused drug we have.

Mike J

That may be true . Adding these other medications with it is the point . Suboxone is used mostly by recovering heroine addicts . Prescription or not ? Shouldn’t be mixed with alcohol . Then an unprescribed amphetamine on top of that . She is rite where she belongs , lets hope they give her the help she needs this time . That’s the point !

geowaldman

I do hope they give her the help she needs.

mr618

It’s also used by methadone abusers.

geowaldman

But, the vigilante smashed into her not once but twice.

mr618

No, the bimbo slammed on her brakes twice, causing him to rear-end her. Read the article.

geowaldman

You missed the point above made by another: Tailgating causes accidents and is against the law. No excuse for rear ending someone. How thick are you?

mr618

Jesus H. Tap-Dancing Christ, did you READ the article? Christ, you’re thicker than a freaking mountain. I’m NOT saying he’s not at fault, I’m saying he’s not the ONLY one.

geowaldman

obviously. READ the story.

geowaldman

and, you’ve obviously had enough to drink tonight.

Scott Harriman

So, we need to bring back alcohol prohibition, right?

arealmainer

She’s Innocent! MEOW baby!!!

StevenMajor

Elizabeth Brown needs help…so does Leverett Davis.
People should not try to be cops. Davis caused both accidents. Anytime you rear end someone it’s your fault. Always. Davis did it twice to the same vehicle.

SmokieGunn1776

If you go back and read Our Constitution and Federalist Papers #41, then read about the Warren .vs District of Colombia court case. You’ll see you have the right not to protect We the People/Other Citizens. Other’s exercise the right to protect other Citizens. It’s a choice in exercising rights. There are consequences, but the Right remains a choice to exercise.

Clubba_Lang

SmokieGunn just dropped a knowledge bomb on everyone.

KennebunkportIndependent

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bootjack

This young lady has an attitude that needs to be corrected. She needs to do some hard time. Maybe while she’s doing it she can reflect on why this is HER fault and not the rest of the world’s. Perhaps then she can get the help she needs. Otherwise it’s a waste of her and our time and OUR money.
Mr. Davis did just fine. However, at the police station he should have ended his pursuit and let the police do their job. Ironically they probably wouldn’t have done a thing had there been no accident.

mr618

According to the story, he hit her twice because she slammed on her brakes right in front of him twice. You really should try, I don’t know, READING the story before commenting.

StevenMajor

You may have noticed people put their brakes on in front of you when you drive? Tailgating causes accidents and is against the law.
No excuse for rear ending someone. How thick are you?

reed1v

But she is soooo cute. Besides, it was the old geezer who hit her.

KennebunkportIndependent

A bit like ‘his face hit me in the fist’ defence……

bootjack

Well maybe the ladies will teach her a lesson when she goes to Windham.

reed1v

Yes, yes, videos please.

MaineMod

A bottle of 151, eh? This chick’s hard core!!

Clubba_Lang

I’m sure she’ll give a sob story in court about being an “addict” and will get a suspended sentence only to be back on the road, drunk and high, and kill someone. Maine, “tough” on impaired drivers.

mainelee

cranky old guys and hot young girls

ha not a story here

Clubba_Lang

Hot? 6 at best.

KennebunkportIndependent

I wonder if this is one and the same?:

From the BDN, May 17, 2003:

Elizabeth Brown, 23, Searsport, trafficking in drugs.’

And this charmer, from the Penobscot Bay Pilot, Friday, March 28, 2014

Perhaps there are a lot of 20-something year olds in the Belfast Maine region……

mr618

I doubt she would have been 23 in 2003, and 24 in 2014. Did you perhaps mean 2013 for the drug charge? She can probably clean up real nice and convince a judge that she’s really a good girl who just lost her way.

geowaldman

different women, obviously, different stories from different newspapers.

mr618

Or a typo, you idiot. Did you read the comment? Or are you just too busy being a schmuck-faced troll? Go away.